chemical
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chemical/ˈkemɪkl/
▶adjective relating to chemistry or chemicals.
■ relating to or denoting the use of poison gas or other chemicals as weapons of war.
▶noun a distinct compound or substance, especially one which has been artificially prepared or purified.■ an addictive drug.
– derivatives
chemically adverb.
chemically adverb.
– origin C16: from Fr. chimique or mod. L. chimicus, chymicus, from med. L. alchymicus, from alchimia (see alchemy).
'chemical' also found in these Oxford entries:
Ac
- accelerator
- acetylsalicylic acid
- acid
- actinium
- action
- active
- Ag
- Agent Orange
- agrochemical
- Al
- aliquot
- alkali
- allelochemical
- aluminium
- Am
- americium
- amphetamine
- analyse
- analysis
- antimony
- Ar
- argon
- arsenic
- As
- ash
- astatine
- At
- -ate
- atom
- atomic mass
- atomic number
- attack
- Au
- autoclave
- B
- Ba
- barium
- bath
- battery
- Be
- berkelium
- beryllium
- Bh
- Bi
- bind
- binding site
- biochemistry
- biogeochemical
- bismuth
